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THURSDAY, APRIL 80, 1888,
the national past.
BY THK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, The Senate'of the United States, devoutly
recognizing the supreme anthority and just government
of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations,
liaa, by ft resolution, requested the President to designate
and set apart a day for natioual prayer and humiliation:
And 'whereas it is the duty of nations-, as well as of
men, to own their dependence upon the overruling
power of God, to ,confess their sins and transgressions,
in bumble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine
lepentancewill lead to mercy and pardon, and to recog
nize the.sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scrip
t ures and proven by all history, that those nations only
are blessed whose God is the Lord:
And, insomuch as we know that, by His divine law,
nations, like individuals, are subjocted to punishments
and chastisements in this world, may wo not justly fear
that the awful calamity of civil war, which now deso
lates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon
us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our
national reformation as a whole people ? We have been
the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. : We
have been preserved, these many years, in peace and.
prosperity. We have grown iu numbers, wealth; and
power as no other nation has ever grown; But we have
forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hind
which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and en
riched and strengthened us; and we have vainly ima
gined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these
blessings ;were produced by some superior wisdom and
virtue of our own. Intoxicated,with Unbroken success,
we have become too self- sufficient to feel the necessity of
redeeming ard preserving grace, too proud to pray to the
God that made us I
It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the .
offended Power, to confess onr national sins, and to'
pray for clemency and forgiveness.
Now, therefore, in compliance with the request, and
folly concurring in the views of the Senate, I do, by this
my proclamation, designate find set apart Thursday,
the tOth day of April, 1863, as a day of national humilia
tion, fasting, and prayer. And; tdo hereby request all
the people to abßtain on that day from their ordinary
secttlar pursuits; and to unite, at their several places of
public worship, anil their respective homes, in keeping
the day holy to the Lord, and. devoted to the humble
discharge of the religious dutioi proper to that solemn
occasion.
All this beiug done, in sincerity and truth, let us then
rest humbly in the hope, authorized by the Divine
teachings, that the united cry of tbe nation will be heard
onliigh, and anßwered with bleisingp, no leas than the
pardon of our national sins, and restoration of our now
divided end suffering country to its farmer happy condi
tion of unity and peace.
In witness whereof, I have hereuuto set my hand, and
caiu ed the seal of tho United States; to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this thirtieth day of
March, in the >ear of ouf.Lo d one thousand
Cl. s.j eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the
independence of the United States the eighty
6eyenth. ABRA.HAM LINCOLN,
By tie 'President:
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
PHOOLAMATION
BT HIS HONOR THE MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA.
IT 'kercaa, Tlie President of the Uuited States, being
moved thereto by the Federal Senate, has set apart
THURSDAY next, the thirtieth day of April,-as a day of
National humiliatLon.fasting and prayer; And Whereas,
"We have cause, as.a poople, to take shame to ourselves
before alt natious and before Almighty Gfd. that we
have misused the civil blessings wherewith we have
been signally favored, by setting at naught, the wisdom
of our fathers, betraying the trust of self-government,
winking at unfaithfulness and corruption in public
places, and giving ourselves over to selfish ness and dis.
regard of our privileges as citizens: THEREFORE, it
us to earnestly, beseech Him that He will en
lighten us hones*t discharge of bur duties as free
men;'that He will keep steadfast within us a true devo*
tion,to:OTir. country, to the confusion of all trgitorS and
workers of sedition; that He will endue our rulers/with -
wisdom and firmness, aud that He will lead our hosts
and give them strength in the conflict, that they may
prevail oyer all rebellion; andl do hereby call upon the
people of this city to keep such appointed day by forego,
ing their usual pursuits, closing their.p‘aces of employ
meat, and presenting themselves after their respective
manner of worship before the Most High God, that, ac
knowledging his Supreme Power and the righteousness
of the judgments that He has visited upon our land, we
may implore Him mercifully to. withhold His correc
tions from us, and to give ns welfare and peace through.
the speedy overthrow of all who resist the lawful au
thority of our National Government.
In testimony whereof, I have set rnyhaud-a * i ' , ~
{ r,. Pb^i fad
yearofourLord one thousand eighthundred and sixty-
ALEXANDER HENRY,
TUB NBWS.
Thu important announcement is made that the
Army of the Potomac is at length in motion. On
Monday at sunrise, heavy masses of artillery and
other, troops were crossing the river. At what
point the crossing was being made we do not know;
but the Washington correspondent of the New
York papers states that Hooker has made a feint of
crossing at Kelly’s Ford up the river, and another at
Port Royal down the river; “but,” sayß this cor
respondent, ‘‘whether he will advance at one of
these points or elsewhere, no one knows.” It was
possible that the next retreat of the rebels—in con
sequence of any formidable movement of Hooker—
would be to the North Ann and Pamunkey rivers.
The rebels, it was reported, were verjf strong near
Fredericksburg, their force increased by new con
scriptions. A balloon reconnoissance had seen
thirty miles of camps along the railroads between
that .place and Richmond. Hooker’s command is in
the best spirits, and the nejw movement gives sign
of determined enterprise,
The raid into West .Yirgiriia has dwindled in its
proportions, and from 8,000, at first reported, the
rebel strength has waned to . 1,500 or 2,000, This is
probable, as in most cases the force of the enemy has
been greatly exaggerated. The advance of Imboden
and Jenkins’ gangß of guerillas had been gallantly
resisted by the troops of Coloner Mulligan, near
Philippi, and Colonel Latham, near Buckhannon.
At Kowleßburg it w§s reported that the rebels had
been beaten by a not large force, perhaps Colonel
Mulligan’s, who was said to have recaptured two
field pieces in a brilliant charge. ' The foregoing
seems to prove that the numbers of the rebels could
not have been , great in any case. A fight also -oc
curred at Shasburg, between a squadron of the 3d
Virginia Cavalry, under Major McGee, and 400 of
the rebels. The rebels were defeated, and lost 14
killed and wounded, and 25 prisoners. {
From the Army of the Cumberland we learn.that
Gen. Bragg has been reinforced, and that, impa
tient of our advance, he will ; assume the offensive.
The recent movements on the extreme rebel left, at
MeMinnsville and elsewhere, were to annoy and
injure the communications of the enemy. with his
souice of supplies. There is no confirmation of the
report that Bragg had been shot by Breckinridge,
though there can be no doubt that much ill-feeling
existed between* the two commanders. It iB re
ported that Bragg has 75,000 men.
Further advices discuss the probability of
Charleston being again attacked. The latest ru-'
mor, by way of New York, is the attack will be
made on the 3d of May, when the spring-tides wil
recur. All the monitors, except the Weehawken,
had left Port Royal.. The health of the troops was ,
suffering somewhat from the warmth of the weather.
Hebei deserters -report that new obstructions have'
been placed in Charleston harbor, which will not
allow the smallest craft to pass through. "What
ever we may think of the probability of an attack,
this is to be paid: The fleet of Dupont is anxious !
and ready; the Army of the South burufor. action. =
The nation asks the ashes of Charleston as an ap
peasing sacrifice, and Beauregard stands by his
guns. The opinion has been that no attack would
be made, but we have not heard the grounds on
which this opinion has been based.
The deserters-who have come in Gen. Rosecrana’
lines concur in stating that only the sternest mili
tary discipline restrains the rebel troops from Ten
nessee And Kentucky, from leaving ,the ranks in a,
body. The mountains of Georgia and the Carolines
are full of deserters and refugees from conscription,
between whom, and the rebel authorities frequent
encounters occur. Deserters’stories are doubtful,,
but with this report rebel sympathizers in Nashville
agree. Those'who refuse the oath, and are sent out
of the lines, beg to be sent North, as their. Southern
friends tell them that the South is going to ruin.
Five hundred rebel officers, confined at Fort Dela
warej are to be sent immediately to City Point for
exchange. Amongthem is Gen. Churchill, to be
exchanged for Gen. Willicti as soon as the prisoners
reach Richmond. Gen. Stoughton’s release will be
effieoted’at the Bame time. Thirty-five of our ex
changed officers arrived at City Point Tuesday,
from Richmond. The rank and file have all been
exchanged. v
We have an account of the bafctlejfought on Bear
Creek, Alabama, on-the 18th inst., between a na*
tional 'force from Corinth, under Gen. Dodge, and
the rebel forces on the extreme left of Bragg’s army,
guarding the valley of the Tennessee in the vicinity
of Florence and Tuscumbia. ; Gen. Dodge’s strategy
and gallantry are commendable.
Our European news states that the Polish
revolutionists have rejected the proffered amnesty
of the Czar. The rebellion was still considerable ;
a small battle had been fought, aud insurrection
was breaking out in other provinces.
The latest news from Mexico comes from a
French war steamer in the Gulf, and represents
that, after capturing. a number of fortresses, the
French troops entered,the city of Puebla, and were
still fighting. At previous Mexican accounts, the
city was being savagely defended—Oomohfort was
successfully defending the road to the capital—and
the French would have a number of Pueblas to cap
ture before gaining the imperial city. The Mexicans
hare fought with great bravery. .. Five , hundred
French were killed in storming one of their works.
Some days ago a rebel, mail wqs captured by a
squad of General Gilroy’s men, near Winchester,
Virginia. There was a letter in the mail Bent from
Richmond, and directed to Colonel imboden, the
guerilla, notifying him of the two
different places in the, valley, of a large lot of
leather. General MUroy at once eerily a force to
each of the places described, and.captmed as much
leather as twenty-two wagons could carry.
From the Department ofNorth Carolina we learn
that General from-hie expedi
tion, bringiDg scventy-five'prisoneis j that Hill had
gone to Green field, antleven further and was
concentrating his/orces for,a dash, on Newberiyfor
which Foster is fully prepared, and has withdrawn
the troops from Washington and Plymouth, who
are now at Elizabeth City and Winfield. New hern,
well entrenched, is protected by five gunboats, and
supported on both sides of the Neuße by forts mount
ing heavy gunß.
Vicki4BLr«c+ I at date of the 20th, was being be-,
sieged by a strong battery on the levee opposite, and
a number of public buildings were damaged or de
stroyed. The Duckport canal (b reported a success.
Five million dollars are accounted the co3t of the
canals around Vicksburg. The Confederates are
chagrined at the successful run of the blockade by
our gunboats, which has caused a number of quar
relß between the artillerists and editors in Vicks
burg over the uncomplimentary reports of the affair.
Many constructions are placed upon the departure
of the Mexican Minister from Washington; It is
said to be in relation to Ms personal affairs ; but
the livening Post intimates that he is not pleased with
the policy adopted by the Secretary of State in allow
ing contraband articles to be shipped for the benefit
of the French army.
Thkre is a rumor from a newspaper in Cincinnati,
to the effect that the rebel General Stonewall Jack
son is in Kentucky, and about to attack the Union
forces. This is hardly to be credited. The rebel
army in Virginia is too closely pressed to spare a
general of Jackßon’B renown to an unimportant
field in the West.
Mb. O. W. Field ib again agitating the Atlantic
Telegraph project in New York City. A meeting
waß . held—resolutions adopted—a committee
pointed—but nothing of a practical character ac
compUshed.so far as we have learned. .
A very brief despatch iB all we have in reference
to the ill-fated Anglo Saxon, and that merely per
mits us to hope, without additional reasons to hope.
All efforts are being made to rescue the survivors,
but we are afraid that most of those on hoard have
perished..
"Wm. W. Wentworth and Wm. F. Hutchinson
have been appointed acting assistant surgeons. The
former is ordered to the sloop-of-war Preble, and the
latter to the Vincennes.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Georoe R. Nairn is
ordered to the gunboat Wissahickon.
Admiral Dupont and .Major Gen. Hunter.
Late news from the Department of the
South authorizes the statement, which is
a manifest contradiction, of the -stories of
the sympathizing newspapers, that there is
a hearty, cordial, and determined co-opera
tion between Rear Admiral Dupont and
Major General Hunter, and that if any
attack is to be made on Charleston, they
will join forces, not simply because they
fight under the same flag, but because they
agree upon the principle of employing :
all means for the purpose of crushing out
the rebellion. The land and naval forces
act with the heart of one man. Admiral
Dupont, who has experienced the value of
negroes on the water, like General Hun
ter, who has experienced their value on
■ the. land, is resolved to employ this great
element' in accomplishing the task before
him, and securing triumph to. his opera
tions in the South. All our news from
Port Royal, from the. army as well as the
navy, indicates the happiest and most con
fident feeling among those who command,
as well as those who obey.
We are invited by the President of tlie
United States to lay aside all worldly cares
and thoughts, and give this day to fasting
and prayer, and humiliation to Almighty
God. In this sacred and solemn duty every
tiue citizen will be glad-to join. It is at all
times fitting that a nation should acknow
ledge its sins, and supplicate the favor of
Jehovah. As a people, we have many
reasons to last and pray. We have been
unmindful of the continhed blessings we.
have receives ; we have neglected to profit
by them ; we became weak, angry, and
wicked; we forgot the true purpose of our
mission upon earth, and the true duty of a
citizen. Peace became at last like the
sloth that makes the strong man weak, or
the poison that drains the life from the body
and the soul. Tyranny became govern
ment.; slavery wore the robes of freedom ;
the" markets, our halls and homes, where
we live; and speak, and make merchandise,
exhibited the effect of this terrible demo
ralization. It is, perhaps, the remembrance
.of this that gives our war' its
-a P goo3Fyllnng - it is to kneel before God, in
■"muTbivn appointed way. The idea ot a
nation in the throes of war, comprising
all opinions, sects, convictions, prejudices,
meeting upon this high and sacred ground,
acknowledging the same Supreme Power,
devoted to the same just cause, and;earnestly
laboring for the same great triumph; is one
of the most sublime thoughts the civili
zation of our country can produce.
Letus, then, fast and pray, and do honor
to the God of Freedom—for it is the God of
Freedom we invoke this morning, not only
for ourselves, but for all that are weary and
heavy-laden and struggle to be free—for
Poland, and Greece, and Italy—for brave
men in all lands. America ngver knelt
before the Omnipotent throne with a holier
petition than that which now fills the heart
of every one. We do it with the conviction
that God will give ns strength and wisdom
to continue to the end—and that even as
we are now fasting and praying, we shall
soon have cause for praise, thanksgiving,
. and abundant joy, , ; . ■
Mayor of Philadelphia.
The death of; Sir George Cornwall
Lewis is reported. Born in Wales, nearly
fifty .nine, years, ago, he was educated at
Eton, and graduated with ‘ 1 honors ” ("like
Peel, and Gladstone.) at Oxford, in 1828
—first class in classics and second in mathe
matics. In 1881 he was called to'the bar at
the Middle Temple ; was Poor Law Com
missioner from January, 1830, to July, 1847,
and baying been elected M. P. for Hereford
shire, he was made Secretary of the Board
of Control ("Indian Affairs.) in November,
1847. He was Under-Secretary of the Home
Department 1848-49, and Financial Secre
tary of the Treasury from July, 1850, to
February, 1853. He edited the Edinburgh
Eeview, in- a heavy manner, from 1853 to
May, 1855, when he was made Chancellor
of the; Exchequer, .which office he held un
til March, 18587 He was appointed Home
Secretary in 1859, and War Secretary in
1861—salary s2s,ooo—which office he held
at his death. He wrote several literary and
historical works, showing much Laming
and ‘research, hut generally dull and ver
bose. He was a poor speaker, but merits
this passing notice as the British minister
.who, last autumn, made a speech in reply
to Mi'. Gladstone’s Newcastle oration,\nd
against the Southern Confederacy.
"We learn from the Southern news
papers that the people of the rebellious
States are generally giving their time to the
cultivation of the cereals, expecting a long
War, and its attendant hardships. In East
Tennessee and Virginia large crops of
wheat have been planted, while throughout
the cotton districts of Alabama the planters
are giving their undivided attention to its
cultivation. In North Carolina, it is said,
the wheat is in a highly flourishing condi
tion, and if the season should continue
favorable, a largo harvest will be gathered.
These signs would seem to indicate that the
rebels do not anticipate the speedy closing
of the war, which tlieir sympathizers in the
North, have striven to effect.
’What were known as bread riots in
Richmond, a short time since, are now re
appearing throughout the South, in the name
of calico riots. It seems that the patriotic
ladies of Georgia, having become tired of the
demure and homely homespun, have organ
ized an insurrection to obtain the more gaudy
calico patterns. At Columbus, we are told,
some days ago, a number of these ladies at
tacked the largest store in the town, crying,
“. Cut cloth ! cut cloth ! calliker, or bust, by
hokey!’’ The firmness of the mayor pre
vented this pleasant episode from assuming
more serious shape. In Milledgeville, how
ever, the-gentle .sex were more desperate
and more successful. -Three hundred., of
them made an attack on a large dry-goods
store and took possession of what were'
known as the fine goods ; after which, they
were dispersed by the eloquence of a certain
J udge Harris. "We see accounts of similar
outbreaks in other; parts of the South; and
.although the Southern newspapers make
them a matter of jest, and seem to regard
them merely as exhibitions of female plea
santry, the striking coincidence in their
occurrence, the general demand'for food
and clothing accompanying them, and, more
(than all, the unanimity, which seems to pre
. vail among the disaffected ladies, indicate a
.deeply-seated feeling in the South, which
I’may-assume a sterner and more formidable
aspect.’ .
The National Fast.
Death of an English Unionist.
The Ledger ncwgpapcr of this city
makes some very'; just observations in rela
tion to the abuses that have grown out'of
the present method of receiving taxes. Wq
think the suggestions of th z Ledger are
eminently practicable, and trust that a re
form in this matter will soon be made :
4i There is a great deal of complaint by citizens of
the double commissions which they have to pay the
Taxßecetver, if by any acoident tneir taxes are not
paid when due. The charges in such cases are five
per cent, to the receiver, five per cent, to the collect
or, then the. cost of advertising, the charges for in
terest, and fees to the register-for a sort of construc
tive registration which haa never taken place. The
second, third, and fourth of these charges are right
enough, but the public cannot' see why the receiver
and register should receive a per centage to
go into their own pockets, when .they other wise re
ceive salaries, for the; duties ;they have to perform.
If theße charges went into the city treasury, where
they ought to go, the imposition would not be so
oppressive. The that, the Legislature did not
repeal thiß law after its attention was called to its
injustice, is a proof ho w ;little legislators regard the
public interests when private considerations are
urgent and pressing. One member made a bold at
tempt to have the law repealed, but the effort very
soon subsided, And that is. all the public have heard
of it.”
-The Tribune thus replies to the absurd
and audacious charge of the Democrats of
the New York Legislature, that the real
policy df the President is to make a hu
miliating peace, and that the Democracy is
per sc the only party in the country in favor
of a vigorous prosecution of the war:
“ To tell these men that the great danger to be
apprehended from Mr. Lincoln’s Administration is
that of a too ready asßent to unwelcome tends of
peace—to solicit votes for the Democratic party, in*
order to avert such a peace—to tell , them that it is
tWduty of the Democracy to supply the President
with men and meanß for the prosecution of the con
test till the rebels shall cry for mercy—is a 1 chauge
of base’ ‘so sudden and complete that they may well
stAnd aghast. They may, or may not, acquiesce in
it as an-electioneering trick—a clever party dodge—
but if required to accept it in earnest, and make it a
rule of Jaith and conduct, they will surely revolt.
The Central Railroad regency have often taxed the
docility of their followers, but never before by so
bold and recklesß an experiment as this.”
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, April SB, 1863.
Strong measures in time of war are as
essential in the civil as in the military ser
vice. If the first is weak and irresolute,
the latter cannot be consistently effective.
These are axioms that have never been
questioned until latter-day Pemocl|Bjij&
who, after precipitating the Eebelfi&n;®
sought to help it forward in the path*
of; successful revolution, by resisting
tbe efforts for self-preservation of - their
own Government. The most prejudiced
observer cannot deny that, but for the
strong measures of Congress and'the Ex
ecutive, since the outbreak of the war,
we should have lost every vantage ground
we now hold. And many believe that if
these measures had been more thorough and
prom pt, we should to-day be more powerful,
and the conspirators nearer their inevitable
downfall. I have yet to hear a loyal Demo
crat or Southerner speak, or to read what
such a man has written, in which the com
plaint is not made prominent that the Ad
ministration has not been sufficiently de
cided. Hoh. Henry Winter Davis, of Bal
timore, in a recent speech in Ohio, said :
“To abolish slavery now is the natural course of
things; the current is that way; it is-harder not to .
abolish slavery than to abolish it. The policy of the
President’s proclamation is not a policy to be carped
at and criticised, but to be executed. And the man
who says he is foi the Union, but cannot support
the President because of the proclamation, is not fit
to represent any district of .the United States.in
Congress. [Applause.] The speaker’s quarrel with
the President was this : 'Not.that he'hasdone too much ,
but that he has done too little. 'He ought now to have
100.000 ar med negro soldiers in the middle of South Caro
lina, and that class of persoiis who refuse to jighl by thc
side of negroes because.afraid of. being equal with them,
do not deserve the name of freemen, foi‘ they refuse to
fight by theside of stick men as Washington lea . At the
batile of Bladenßburg, he was assured by .an eye
witness npw living, that half the troopß that came
to the relief of our forces which had been disgrace
fully repulsed were negroes, and they gallantly sus--
tained themselves in the thickest of the fight.”
How ineffably trivial are the objections to
what is called the radical policy of the Ad
ministration, of the disappointed leaders of
the Breckinridge organization, compared
with such utterances ! Let us see how much
better these men could have done, supposing
them to have been honestly disposed to
stand by the Government. Would they
:have allowed the rebels to attack the capital
tack on Sumpter and the massacre of
Union troops in Baltimore? Would they
have tied his hands by declaring that Fe
had no constitutional authority to move
vigorously to the rescue of the Government ?
Would they have made him wait till Con
gress could he called ? 1 take it for granted
that they would have done none of these
things. I assume that they would have
acted with the utmost vigor and prompti
tude ; that instead, of sending spies and
traitors to prison, they would have hung or
shot them, and that; instead of prating of
the Constitution, they would have boldly
taken the initiative in every case of peril.
When they came to treat of the slavery
question I believe they would have gone far
beyond any of' the remedies slowly and
cautiously reached by Mr. Lincoln and his
Cabinet. They would have bitterly remem
bered that the rebels- were intent upon
breaking up a party as well as Government,
both of which had generously and at many
sacrifices shielded and fostered'them. Bold
as ; the Democrats .have generally shown
themselves to have been in time of peace,
they would have been many times bolder
in time of war, and especially in such a war
as this. Convinced,, as they must soon
have been, that the rebellion was set on foot
to establish an independent Power, an
oligarchy, based upon slavery and the ruin,
of the Union,, they would :have carried
fire and sword into every seceded sec
tion.. One of their very first acts
would have been, after realizing that slavery
was feeding the lighting men in the rebel
service, to liberate the colored men. What,
then, is to he thought of the politicians who
busy themselves in angry abuse of the Pre
sident’s measures to put down the rebellion,
because these measures are too radical?
The men who have heretofore acted with
these politicians, and who are now in the
army, are not *nly not troubled by these so
called. radical measures, but accept them
as doubly effective, - because intended
for their own protection and safety,
and for the protection and safety of
the Government. They see that no act of
the Administration or of Congress has had
any result save to help the good cause in
the free States ; to strengthen and increase
the comfort of the people there ; to fill the
army with confidence, and to strike the foe
in field and at fireside the hardest and most
fatal blows. In proof, need I point to the
universal prosperity in the adhering States,
and the almosc universal gloom in the se
ceded States ? And yet, to read the pro
ceedings of recent disloyal meetings in Lan
caster, Berks, Philadelphia, and Chester, in
Pennsylvania, one would suppose that Mr.
Lincoln; was. the greatest of tyrants; that
Pennsylvania was another Golgotha; the
American army a horde of murderers and
robbers, and the; rebels, the sanctified
and pious followers of leaders whose
only object was : the vindication of re
ligion and " of law. All the. resolutions
and. speeches at these meetings are
framed after one model—that of intense
hatred i to the war, and, accordingly, to the
unity and the restoration of the Republic.
There is now no doubt, in view of those
manifestations, that ex-President Buchanan
steadily adheres to those monstrous heresies,
under the influence of which treason con
cocted its plans in his council chambers,
prepared the way for secession, and at last
culminated into armed, unprovoked and
bloody rebellion. . v .
• It was to be supposed that a stern sense
of this fact would reach and change his
• heart, and that the sufferings and sacrifices
of liis countrymen would constrain him to
such an expression of repentance and re
morse as would at least redeem his declining
years from a portion of. the dreadful account
ability that weighs him down. Not so,
■however. He resides in the midst of a re
gion in which the trophies of the genero
sity and power and glory of his country are
signally abundant: But no voice comes
from him to rebuke the traitors who live all
around him, and who equally reject and ig
nore the fact that the comforts they-enjoy
are the result of the efforts of tlie present
Administration and the bravery of our fol
low-citizens in arms, and toil with Satanic
energy to aid and encourage the adversaries
of the old flag. It is only a few weeks ago,
-as if to give notoriety to his sympathy with
these traitors, that lie dined in company
with men who were known as the most act
ive, defiant, and avowed sympathizers with
secession and who were selected to meet Use
ex-President undoubtedly because of these
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 30. 1863.
proclivities. One of this party, only a few
days before, publicly stated that the rebel
constitution was better than that of the
United States j that we could: not conquer
the South, and'that we must at last accept
their constitution and make it our own.
If you follow the men whose venomous
assaults upon the Government in Pennsyl
vania seem to increase the more proudly her
honor is vindicated, and who declaim most
loudly against what they call radical mea
sures, you will find them, in nearly all
cases, the same who held offices under his
Administration, and who, in slavish sub
mission tp the pro-slavery radical's, struck’
down every Democrat who 1 would notsanc
tion those treacheries which prepared the
way for the dislocation of- the Democratic
party, and consequently for the rebellion
itself. In Philadelphia, his ex-minister to
China leads the column of traitors. In
: Berks, his ex-minister to Vienna spreads the
poison of disaffection. In’ Chester, his ex
collector of the port of Philadelphia stimu
lates the enemies of the Government.
In -York,' his ex-attorney general of
the United States speiks and writes on
the same side. These arc the men who de
nounce the strong and saving measures of
the Administration as unconstitutional and
radical, forgetting that the only violators
of the Constitution before and since the re
bellion, were themselves and the traitors
with whom they sympathize, and -that the
only radicals in the North are those who act
against the Government, as yet without
arms, and those in the South who assail it
with arms in their hands. Occasional. ;
Late and interesting news has been received from
our military and Daval forces at Port Royal. The
hero clergyman, Mansfield French, of Ohio, is
doing wonders among the troops. Traduced as
an Abolitionist before he went to Beaufort, his
eloquence and his self-sacrificing patri*
olißm have converted, not simply the white men
who are fighting in the ranks of our army, but
have uplifted the souls and enlightened the dark
ened intellects of the negroes, whom he is so anx
ious to enlist in the public service. In a letter
to a friend, just received, he says ■” it iB more than
evident that no peace can be had while the slave
remains. Give me five hundred of Montgomery's
men, to let loose among the rebels, and they will
be'worse than Samson’s foxes with firebrands
on their tails were among the corn of the Philis
tines.” The Montgomery here alluded to is the
same who distinguished himßelf in the border
fight of Kansas, and - who carries the s word of
Cromwell in South Carolina as he did in that
Territory,
It was generally believed on Monday, and in some
quarters positively asserted, that the Army of the
Potomac had commenced moving, and the National
Intelligencer of the next day openly proclaimed it as
a fact. In this respect that newspaper had a de
cided advantage over the wires. But even if the
intelligence had been telegraphed "through loyal
sources, it : would have been no, news to the rebels,
for a Fredericksburg correspondent of. one of the
Richmond papers writes that his “ impression is
confirmed” that our CI army is withdrawing from the
line of the Rappahannock,”
The observation of newspaper men, ever since the
war commenced, leads to the. conclusion that nearly
every thing the Amy of the Potomac doeß is prompt
ly known to the rebels; who, on one occasion, gave
the knowledge of the countersign before it was com
municated to our troops.
General; Martimlale’s Order*
Brigadier General Mabtindale, military gover
nor of the District of Columbia', has issued a general
order stating that will be observed by the
officers and men in his command as a day of fasting
and humiliation. He says: u A soldier who is moved
to the performance of his duty, in battle or else
where, by the inspiration of God’s presence in his
mind, his purposes will be incited by an influence of
immense power ; and** whole nation stimulated and
exalted by such influences will be irresistible,”
The United States Marshal has seized upon the
property and real estate"of Dr. Cornelius Boyle,.
amounting, it is supposed,-to-wv--—,wusii±3t_and
District Attorney, has issued "an order for _the per
sons interested to show cause why the property shall
not be condemned and sold, under the confiscation
act. This is the first case under that law in this
District, Dr. Boyle was commanderof the Nation
al Volunteers, organized here at the commencement
of the rebellion, to assist in seizing the public build
ings for the benefit ofthe rebels, and, soon "after the
inauguration of President Lincoln, left for the :
South, where he has been ’ cruelly exercising the
office of Provost -Marshal. ::
Betters from East Tennessee say that there- are
but few rebel troops in that vicinity, and they could
be easily driven out by a force of 5,000 men from our
side. Though Btill tyrannically oppressed, the great
mass of the people remain loyal. : f
The Cumberland Coal Case*
The decision in the Cumberland Coal case, involv
ing. the title of half the mines owned by that com
pany, and now pending before the Court of Appeals
at Annapolis,' cannot be rendered before the next
June or October term. The case exciteß much in
terest here and in Maryland—having twice been de
cided against the company, and. the last time under
the decision of the Court of Appeals.
large Sale of Beal Estate*
The lots and buildings occupied as the office ofthe
Rational Intelligencer were.sold this afternoon for
§60,100. The competition in the bidding was spirit
ed.' There were about 12,600 square feet of ground
in the lot.' This is the largest sale of real.estate
ever effected in Washington, and the high price ob*
tainedis an indication ofthe confidence of moneyed
men in the stability ofthe value of property.
Clerkships*
Thirty or forty new clerks have been appointed in
th e Adjutant-General’s office, and among them seve
ral- Sergeants of fine clerical- ability, who had pre
viously been engaged in that capacity. ;
Discharged soldiers mustered out of service, their
term: having expired,.are daily arriving here from
the Rappahannock,
From the Nanscmoad anti Williamsburg.
Fortress Monroe, April 28.— The propeller
Commerce arrived here to-day from Suffolk, which
place she left yesterday. She ran past the rebel
batteries on the Nansemond river, three in number,
but fortunately she was not disabled, although the
fire was Very heavy. The boat was riddled by sharp
shooters, who lined the bankß of the Nansemond for
nine miles, and kept up a continuous fire upon the
boat while she passed that distance. s
- The steamboat Swan left Suffolk atthe sametime,
and came down -the Nansemond in company with
the Commerce, but, after passing below the range of
the rebel guns, Bhe got aground. Tugs were imme
diately by the quartermaster, from
Fortress 'Monroe. The Swan:had received four
solid shot through her light woodwork, but she was
not disabled.
It is understood that all the rebel force have dis
appeared from the front of Williamsburg.
No causaltics are reported from Suffolk or the
Nansemond since the 24th, and none occurred on the
two subsequent days.
The Bald in West Virginia—The Balti
more and Ohio Railroad.
The following has been received by the Baltimore
and 'Wilmington Railroad Company from the presi
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad:
‘Baltimore, April 28.— The diftlculty occurred
west of the coal regions. None of your cars were
involved. Tour supplies will continue regularly;
But one train of empty cars was stopped, which wc
have recovered. One bridge only was destroyed,
west of Oakland,-which we are reconstructing. We
have strong forces at all points, and expect tOTeopen
through to-morrow. No passenger or freight trains
have been disturbed uponour entire line.
“-T. WV GARRETT, President.
Btjfealo, April 29. —The Railroad Convention
assembled here ; to-day. Niiieteen : companies were
represented.. The object of the meeting was to con
sider the subject of paying commissions on passen
ger traffic ard the proposed advance in the fareuoon
emigrant travel. ‘
A committee was ap])ointed, whose recommenda
tions were unanimously agreed to.
The following are among the recommendations :
That r the New Tork Central, Erie, Pennsylvania
Central, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroadß, or a
majority of them shall establish in New York and*
Boston a union- office, to be under the exclusive* con
trol of the lines, establishing it, so far as relates to
the employment of agents ; also, that union offices
be established at Bufl'alo, Cleveland; Cincinnati, Ih
dianapoliß, SJ. and Milwaukee, at
thediscretion of the lines competing forbueiness; that
after June Ist no tickets shall he received or accre
dited upoh anylines represented in this convention,
Which -are not sold in the offices of the railroad com
psnies upon theiivrespective lines, or in offices to.be
established; and: that tickets sold;by other lines
commissioners, rgents, or othertvise, invio
lation of the principles of this agreement, shall not
be accredited or received by the roads of parties to
this agreement; and all tickets on the roads in the
hands of outside agents at freight, hotel, or ex
press offices, or elsewhere, Bhall be withdrawn be
fore the'above date. \
Other recommendations were passed, but the
foregoing touch the principal objects.
The meeting adjourned this afternoon. The pro
ceedings were very harmouiouß.
Nkw York, April 29.— The following blockade
runners have arrived at Havana : Oh the 19fch, the
steamer. Kita and sloop N. .T. Hodge, both from Mo
bile, .with cotton. On the 20th, the steamer Alice,
from Mobile, with a large cargo of cotton. On the
22d, the sloop Gen. Worth, lrom St Marks, with
cotton.
The rebel schooners Three Brothers, Eager, and
Laura Dudley, sailed on the 20th for Matamoros.
. New York, April 29 —Venezuelan advices of the
23d state that the rebellion there has been crushed.
A quantity of.cotton seed has been received from
the United Stateß and sent to the different States for
planting.
There is nothing new from Porto Rico or St. Do
mingo. _■
The Atlantic Telegraph*
Buffalo, April 29.—Cyrus w. field addressed
the Board of Trade acid our citizens to-day on the
pubjectol the Atlantic Telegraph. Resolutions fa
voring the project \vefe paßßed.
The Railroad Convention was iu .’session tvdav,
a:id Mr. Field addressed tl£e meeting this afternoon.
WASHIN GTON-
Special Deapatchca to The Preia,”
- Washington, April 29,1863.
The Negroes at Port Royal. ,
Movement of the Army*
Confiscation.
From Fast Tennessee*
Discharged Soldiers*
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
Railroad Convention,
Blockade Runners at Havana,
Front South America,
WRECK OF THE ANGLO-SAXON.
23T Lives Lost*
Montreal, April 2D.—A. despatch* from the mail
officer of the steamer Anglo-Saxon says that all the
mails have been loßt.
Two hundred and thirty-seven out of the four
hundred and forty-five lives, are supposed to have
been loßt,
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
WHEN CHARLESTON WILL BE RE
ATTACHED.
New York, April 2D.-—Further advices from Port
Royal contain a report that the city of Charleston
will be! again attacked on the 3d of May, when the
spriDg-tides will recur. All the monitors, except tEe
Weehawkeb, had left Port Royal. The health of
the toops was suffering somewhat from the warmth
of the weather.
Rebel deserters report that new obstructions have
been placed in Charleston harbor, which will not al"
low the amalleßt craft to pass through.
OUR TROOPS MOVING TOWARDS CHARLES
TON-NAVAL PREPARATIONS.
New York, April 29.— The transport steamer
Arago, Captain Gadsden, arrived at this port to-day
from Port Royal, with news to Sunday, the 26th in
stant.
Our troopß arc embarking on transports, which are
conveying them to several points' between Fort
Royal and Charleston. Strong positions have been
taken on Folly and Cole’s Islands, and alao at a
point on or near Kiaway Island. Noith Edisto is
occupied in considerable force.
Some of these points were not entirely evacuated
after the recent assault on Charleston. As the last,
regiments were embarking with the design of acom
pletc withdrawal, orders were received for reoccupa
tion, and a disembarkation was at once effected.
Reinforcements have been sent since then and are
now going forward. • The troops on Folly Island are
entrenching."
Extensive naval preparations are making for a
movement—the design of which is not of course
divulged. The gunboats and transports of the fleet
are collecting. Several of the transports which
took troops to the points named have returned to
Port Koyal, and are taking on board other regi
ments.
The iron* clad fleet has been, we learn, fully re
paired for lurther operations. Two of the monitors
arc at Fort Royal, while five of them are off North
Edisto, and the Ironsides remains near Charleston
bar.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Guerillas Annoying Murfreesboro Gen*
Nfgky on the Alert —Their Movements
Frustrated.
Murfreesboro, April 29.—At noon to day a
small force of rebel cavalry appeared on Manchester
pike, and our videttes gave the alarm, saying the
enemy was advancing in force.
Gen. Negley, with commendable prudence, went
out a short distance, but the alarm, proved false.
Gen. Negley met several citizens who resided near
the outpoßts, and were moving in, who reported that
the rebels had declared that they were coming to
drive ub from Murfreesboro.
It is generally supposed that the rebel demonstra
tion yesterday was made for the purpose of forcing
Roaecransto concentrate his lines, thus leaving Van
Lorn and Wheeler at liberty to act on our flanks
wilh their cavalry ; also, to enable them, with the
force north of Duck river, to defeat any attempt we
might make similar to the one on McMinnville,
At present,.all the efforts of the rebel cavalry on
our flanks are futile.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST,
Surprise of Mannndiike’s Advance Guard.
St. Louis, April 29. —The correspondent of the
Democrat with General Vandeveer’s command says
that at about ten o’clock on Sunday night a rebel
regiment, under Colonel Newton, the advance guard
ol Marmaduke’s army, which was then retreating
from Cape Girardeau, were surprised three miles
west of Jackson, while cooking supper and loitering
around their camp flies. Two small howitzers, load
ed with musket balls, and hauled by hand within
thirty yards of them, were simultaneously dis
charged, killing and wounding a large number.
At the same time the Ist lowa Cavalry charged
thenij and not a man of the entire regiment, it is
supposed, escaped; all who were not killed or
wounded being taken prisoners. All their horses
guns, camp equipage, and several thousand dollars’
worth of Btolen plunder, were captured.
Early the next morning General Yandeveer ad
vanced, and saw the main body of the enemy in full
retreat. He immediately followed, keeping up a
constant artillery fire on their rear.
GEN. DODGE’S CAPTURE OF TUSCUMBIA,
ALABAMA.
Chicago, April 29,— A special despatch from Cairo
6ayS: “By the Way of Memphis, we have news 6?
tlxe capture of-Tuscumbia, It was held by the rebel
Col. Chalmers, whose forces have been troublesome
lately in the vicinity of the Tennesaee river.
On last Thursday General Dodge attacked him.
A Bevere engagement ensued. Chalmers stoutly
contested but was compelled to fall
ÜBbu. .-w rCUB, w. - , . .... .
loss is not given.
. General Dodge is in possession of Tuf cumbia, and
the rebel communication by that route is cut off.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
REPORTED ESCAPE OP A STEAMER WITH
$600,000 ON BOARD.-
"We hear from:New Orleans that the steamer Fox
had escaped from that city with a United States
paymaster on board, and- had probably made- her
way into Mobile.' The paymaster, it is said, had in
his possession the sum of . six hundred thousand
dollars, designed for our troops in Louisiana.
COMMUNICATION WITH J'ARR AGUT OPEN-
ED BY GEN.' BANKS.
New York, April 29.—The steamer Empire City
has arrived from-New Orleans, with dates to the
20th in st., and from Key West to the 24th..
Capt. Baxter reports that the news had been re
ceived at New Orleans that Gen. Banks had taken
possession of the; Opelousas railroad, and opened
communication with Admiral Farragut, above Port
Hudson Gen. Banks had captureda large number
of prisoners, with great stores of cotton, ammuni
tion; &c. About 500 rebel prisoners were daily arriv
ing at New Orleans.
DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO.
Stonewall Jackson Reported to l»c in Ken
tucky.
Cincinnati, April 27.— Great activity prevails
in the military post, of Kentucky. It was reported
that Stonewall Jackson was at Somerset, and that
a fight would speedily ensue. The telegraphic,
despatches make no mention of this report, which
comeß from private sources, and it therefore merits
doubt.
REPUBLIC OF MEXICO.
Bombardment of Fnebla—Comonfdrt De
fending the Road to the Capital.
San Fbancisco, April 28.—The steamship Con
■titution has arrived from Panama, bringing dates
from the city of Mexico to the Bth, and Puebla 6th
inst., received via Acapulco, at which port she
touched.
Since the 31st ult., the. .French had kept up a con
stant bombardment of Puebla. Their fire destroyed
the convent San AugUßtin and six blocks of build
ings, with no special progress towards occupying the
city." -
The fight continued on'the 6th inst.
Gen. Oomonfort, with 15,000 soldiers, was defend
ing the road leading towards the city of Mexico,
and was having continued skirmishing with the
French.
The foregoing news is of course from Mexican
sources, the authorities stating that but a small por
tion of the obstacles In the way of the capture of
Puebla were yet overcome.
LATEST FROM FRENCH SOURCES—PUE
BLA ENTERED BY THE FRENCH.
New York, April-29.—The steamer Shelldrake,
from Havana on the 23d inst , arrived at this port at
9 o’clock to-night. .Vera Cruz dates of the 13th, re
ceived per French war vessel, state Jthat Puebla was
completely surrounded on the 23d ult. The attack
was commenced on the 27th, and the Pemtan tiarie
was carried by assault on the 31st, Fort St, Xavier
was also taken on the 31st. After entering the city/
the French forced through the first barricades to the
Plaza and the Cathedral, both of which were
fortified.
flThe soldiers then entered the houses, and aided
by the sappers and miners, passed from one house to
another, and on the 3d had thus worked their way
to within a hundred metres of Pleasea. .Up to that
date the French had lost from 500 to 600' killed and
wounded. chief of artillery, was killed,
and Col. Larnier was badly wounded. ■-
It is estimated that the entire force of Ortega in
the city was 25,000.* '
The bridge over-the Rio Priste was held by the
French, thus preventing Comonfort, with 12,000 re
inforcements, from crossing.
""Another arrival from Vera Cruz, bringing dates to
the 16th, states that a mail from Puebla had been re
ceived containing advices of the capture of Pleasea
and Cathedral; but the city still was commanded by
Forts Guadalupe and Loreto; but nothing is Baid of
their opening fire on the French. .Puebla was filled
with barricades. • One-third of Puebla is claimed by
the French to be in their possession, as the result of
the thirteen days’fighting.
LATER—GEN. FOREY’S MANOEUVRE.
San Francisco, April 29.—The French papers of
tbisi city publish letters from the city of Mexico to
the Bth instant, which represent that Gen; Forey is
in possession of the environs of P'uebla, and is mas
ter of the communications and the fortified works
commanding the city; He continued to advance.
&]owly.;bufc s.iirely, withoutrsacrificing his soldiers.
Intelligent persona think, that Forey has bo ma
ll cuuvred as to enclose the Mexican army in Puebla,
and will ultimately capture all of them or more than
twenty thousand.
Official accounts of the same date take an encou
raging view, and say that the besieged forces were
fully able to repulse the French. ' ;; .-
THE FORTIFICATIONS—DESPERATE BRA
VERY OF THE MEXICANS.
, The principal fortifications still remaiu intact.
There are sixty-four fortified buildings in the city,
including three fortresses of great strength.
The Mexican soldiers have shown remarkable
bravery. The French loss was over five hundred in
killed and wounded in an Attempt to attack one of
the fortifications.
Escape from a l’iratc*
Boston, April 29.— Captain Glover, of the bark
Lyeandor, from Cienfuegos, reports that on the 10th
instant, off Colorado reef, he saw a vessel on fire.
Being afraid of pirates, he stood away.
On the I2thinstant, when in latitude 23.18, longi
tude 84.45, he reports, “I was chased by a small
schooner privateer, which ordered me to heave to
and send a boat on board of him. I refused, called
up all hands, and ordered the small arms to be got
ready.- The privateer then saw the crewrush aft
with muskets, ar.il concluded to let us pass. ; He
then stood away .in chase of a schooner under our
lee.”
Destructive Fire at Jersey City.
New York, Aprifx29.—The large^engine. house
ot.lhc Erie Railroad Company in Jersey City, some
2Cofe«t. in length, together with three Locomotives,
was destroyed ; A by.; fire :;th,id evening. The loss
’amounted to about $50,Q00. ;
EU KOPE.
Lenfli ,of a British Statesman—Thc Ncw
Pirate Virginia—The Czar's Amuesly Re
jected toy the. Poles The Insurrection
Still .Formidable —An FagHgenteat Near
imwalkki.
New York. April 29. —^The steamship New York, from
Southampton on the ISth instant, arrived here* tins
morning, bringing four days' later news from Europe.
Sir George Cornwall Lewie, British Secretary of War,
died in Herefordshire, on the 13th instant.
THE NEW REBEL PIRaTB.
There is some interesting news by tnis arrival con
cerning tho new rebel pirate Virginia, formerly the
Japan, which recently escaped from Greenock. The
EngJith steamer Alar, which was before reported as
haying laudtd at Plymouth seveiteen men or the Vir
ginia's crew who had been injured by an explosion on
biard that vessel, appears.to hare been employed by
the rebel agents to help, the pirate. The Alar cleared
from ;Newhaven (England) ostensibly for St. Malo,
.but, instead -of proceeding to that port, went to
Folkestone and there shipped a quantity of “pro
visions, Ac., and a number of seamen. The Alar
was instructed to steer towards a certaiu part of the
coast of France, and after some delay the Virginia bore
m sight, when the “provisions*,” which.were guns,
aims, and ammunition, were transhipped. The Vir
ginia has sroue westward. She is said to be of great
-strength, and capable of a high rate of speed, and car
ries ten guns m addition to two of Whitworth’s sixty
eight pounders oa pivots. : This is a more formidable
armament than that of the Alabama. ’
COUNTERFEIT “GREENBACKS.”
Several engiavers in Sheffield, England.'have been
arrested for the manufacture of spurious United States
treasury notes.
Poland—the amnesty rejected.
~ Newß received at Cracow from Russian Poland states
that the,Czar’s amnesty haw had an immense effect in
redoubling the intensity of the insurrection. Every oae
wifhea to set out, even without arms, to join the move
ment. •• • . r
A manifesto of the Central Revolutionary Committee of
been published, formally rejecting the am
nesty offered by the Emperor. .
The exactierms'of the amnesty are thus set forth in a
despatch from 6t Petersburg, of April 12th *
. “To- day being the Russian Easter Sunday, an Impe
rial manifesto has been published, granting a full and
entire amnesty to all Poles m the kingdom who shall lay
down their arms and return to their allegiance ou the
13 b May. The same terms for laying down their arms
and givirw in their Submission are also fixed for the in
surgents in the Western Polish districts. The only ex
ceptions are with regard to ordinary crimes and to such
offences as have been committed by the army. The man
ifesto further announces that the institutions granted to
the Poles shall be maintained, and, after practical expe
rience, shall he developed'according to the necessities of
the age and the coumry. ” .
A despatch from Alexandria, of April 11th, says: The
. Sultan han conferred the rank of high officer of one of
; the Turkish orders upon ten chiefs of the Jewish, Grees ,
Armenian, Coptic, and Catholic persuasions. His Ma
jesty has observed in a letter that he;made no distinc
tions upon the score of relifious belief.
Commercial Intelligence*
I-ivervool, April H.—Cotton firmer, with a parlial
advance of Kd. Most qualities unchanged Sales of the
two days 25,1C0 bales, of. which speculators and export
ers took 11,000.
, Manchester mavketstill quiet, but advancing.
BuEArsTCFFS.—FIour dull aud 6d lower. Wheatstea
dy; sa res of red Western at 9s2d@9s7d; white Western
and Southern l(L@lls sd. Corn firm; mixed 28s 3d.
Provisions.—Beef tending downward. Pork easier,
bacon active, at irregular prices. Butter very dutL
Lard tending downward; sales at 36@375. Tallow quiet
butsteady. : •
Propcce.—Sngar firm but quiet. Coffee steady: Rice
firmer, hut unchanged: Ashes steady. Linseed Oil quiet
tti 4&@43s fid. Kosin dull and tending downward. Spi
rits Turpentine, no sales.. Petroleum steady.
Arrival of the Steamer Edinburgh.
NiiW York,'April 29 —The 'steamship Edinburgh ar
rived at this port to-night* from Liverpool on the 15th,
and Queer stown on the 16th.
The steamship Etna"arrived out on the 15th. -
Additional correspondence between Earl Russell and?
Mr. Adams, relative to the running of- the blockade, is
published. The letters are dated a year back.
Rebel scrip is.quoted at cent premium/ .
The head constable of Liverpool, under-instructions
from the Government, is employing detectives to obtain
information relative to suspicious vessels, and to watch,
the movements of -leading rebels. This information is
contained in the Loxdon Times.
The Sultan of Turkey is on a visit to Cairo.
A Cracow despatch; dated the 15th inst., states that
several fresh bands of Polith insurgents had been seen
in the district of Sandowier.
In an engagement near duwalski the Russians lost 200
killed and seven cannon
THE LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN.
•Aprii.l6.— The sales of Cotton, to-day are estimated at
10,(00 bales, including 5.0C0 bales to speculators and tor
export. Themarketis flrmbntunchanged.
continue quiet but steady. Provisions
are steady. ;;
Lonimx.— Consols; are quoted at 92&@93. American
Stocks—Erie Railroad 46@47, Illinois Central 44H@iSH
percent, discount. Tlie money market is easier, but
there is no change in the Bauk rate.
MARINE.
Arrived, ship Saranac from Philadelphia and Liver
pool, ship Venus from Philadelphia for Liverpool, at
Fayal, leaky.
NEW YORK CITY.
[Correspondence of The Press. ]
New York, April 29, 1863.
THE RETURNING REGIMENTS
have no reaßon to complain of any lack of enthusi
asm in their reception home; if one may judge from
the public demonstrations attending the welcomes
oi the three which have thus far arrived in this city.
Between four and fire o'clock yesterday afternoon,
the 7th and Bth New Yorkers, under Colonels Yon
Shac and Salih Salm, marched up Broadway from
the ferry through such a tempest of waving
flags, hats, and handkerchiefs, such a symphony
of cheers, bravas, and general greetings as a
man would go through much to be made
the subject .of. This morning, at about ten
o'clock," Colonel Bendix’s famous Tenth arrived,
and we had another-grand excitement along the
route of march. Our “gallant Seventh,” as we
.used tg call the i ‘cra9k” regiment or the city
nmitia, has often been, loudly Applauded by the
Broadwayites, for its splendid “order arms;”
but never did I hear such hearty cheers as
rewarded the unique regimental “salute” of
Bendix's bronzed Zouaves, opposite the Astor
House this morning. Ninety of these noble fei*
Come no
Upon reaching that city they resolved to turn back
to camp, and re-enlist for the remainder of the war
at once. This they did, and are now, probably, on
the march with Hooker towards the Peninsula.
However soon the news of the great battle with Lee
may come, we may be sure that such glorious dogs of
war as these will have prominent mention. The
returned troops all look every inch the soldier; and
can be mistaken for nothing else, though they carry
no muskets, and some of them are dressed like Arabs.
When I first heard that the hoys were to be sent
to their home-receptions, without their guns
I' was highly, indignant at the outrage, and
grew still more indignant" upon learning that Mr.
Greeley had ungraciously refused to reprehend
jt in his Tribune but I now think; that
it is eminently sensible. and far-sighted in the 7
Government to do just as it is doing in the matter.
These returned Veterans have all been mustered
out of the service; and, immediately on their arrival
here, a great majority of them indulge in roaming
jollification with their convivial friends. If
they had their mußkets with them, they would as
suredly lose half of them in the thoughtless spirit of
the hour. As to their feelings on the subject, it iB safe
to say that they are heartily glad to be free from cum
bersome weapons for a while,and much prefer to have
their hands and shoulders at liberty for the;hearty
shakes and embraces they receive from friends .".'.1(1
relatives of both sexes as they march along the
streets. Most of them will unquestionably re-ehlist
. after enjoying a week or fortnight of jollity with
.their friends. I have conversed with some forty or
fifty of-them—for I cannot .help saying something
kind, or offering a cigar, to every returned brave
I see—and I have not yet found one who evinced any
of that extraordinary affection for McClellan which
our copperheaded friends would have us believe is
raging so Irrepressibly in the Virginia army. . They
all, on the other hand, express confidence in Hooker,
and say that he will either take Richmond: before
the fourth of July,'or die in the attempt. One
Zouave, whom I met on "the Jersey ferry-boat, re
marked, that we would not see so many, of the mus
tered-out troops re-enlisting already, if they did not
believe that 1 * Fighting Joemeant business of the
liveliest kind.
THE DOG-SHOW
at Bafnum’s Museum is in full bloom, and if hark is
good for colds there need be no bronchial affections
at that festive institution for some time to come.
The dog-show does not smell as agreeably as it
might, and some of the exhibited specimens appear
to have a depraved taste for human fingers and well
developed legs ; but it is not uninteresting to see so
many midnight gerenaders together, and bo me of the
fancy terriers are sufficiently homely to throw a
sporting, man into ecstasies of. admiration. And
speaking of dogs reminds me to say that
A CURE OF HYDROPHOBIA,
in its worst Btage, has been effected by Dr. Louis
Bauer, the health officer of Brooklyn, A citizen of
that suburb was bitten in the hand about a week
ago by a rabid dog, and shortly afterwards developed
the usual symptoms of violent hydrophobia. Four
eminent physicians did what' they could for him,
bui without avail, and he had been given up, to die
a terrible death,when his case became known to
Dr.. Bauer, The latter, upon going.to see the poor
man, ordered him to be laid flat upon his stomach on
the bed,, and wrapped ice and wet cloths upon the
back of bis neck and along his spine. From the
well-known antipathy of hydrophobic victims to
water, the patient at once went into violent spasms,
exhibiting every sign of enduring terrible tortures.
He waß kept tied down, however, and the cloths and
Ice kept upon his back and neck for three days,
during which time the spasms gradually subsided,
the pulse and breathing became regular, and when
the strange appliances were removed, the patient
was virtually a well man. This remarkable cure
has created quite an excitement in the medical pro
fession, and you will probably hear more about it.
THE FAST DAY
is to be observed by a general suspension of all
kinds of business and unusual solemnities in all the
churches. As a matter of course, private dinners
will be larger than usual, as it is not the custom of
this remarkable generation to fast upon empty sto
machs. By a Btrange perversity of comprehension,
our people beheve;a “ fast” day to be a “slow” day.
' ‘ : :•*. STUYVESANT. • 1
New York, April 29, 1863.
A Prize Schooner.— The prize Bchooner St.
George (British) arrived at thiß port this morning.
She was captured by the steamer Mount Vernon,
on the 23d, off. New Inlet, while attempting to run
the blockade of- Wilmington. f She was from Ber
muda, with a cargo of salt,:rum, and provisions.
From Port Royal.— The steamer Arago, from
Port Royal on the 26th inßt.,;has arrived at this
port. Among her passengers are Gen. Truman Sey
mour, Col. Rich, and Lieut. Cols. Twitchell and
Billings. Geh; Seymour hasa furlough on '* account
of iU health. The Arago brings no news.
The SteamerPocahontas.— -The steamer Poca
hontas has arrived, from New Orleans on the 18th,
Her advices have been anticipated.
A Virginian not'an Alien Enemy.— ln the
caße of Kirk vs. Hoover, before Chief Jußtioe Boa
worth, counsel- for defendant moved to dismiss the
complaint, on the ground that plaintiff was an alien
enemy ; that Kirk was disloyal, and had gone to re
side in Richmond. . ; / .
The Chief Justice denied the motion to dismiss the,
complaint. He said that the plaintiff is not an
alien \enemy within the common meaning of those
words. The Federal Government does not recog
nize the idea that Virginia is notone of the States
composing the United States, and its citizens not
citizens of the Union, A citizen of Virginia is en
titled to all the privileges and immunities of this
State which a citizen of any other State can claim.
If, under any act of Congress, this- claim, if prose
cuted to judgment, canbe confiscated, that furnishes
no reason why the action should be dismissed. The
fact that a plaintiflSis an alien enemy, when it ex
ists, should be pleaded, and not be attempted to be
availed of on motion. Motion denied, with seven
dollars costs, to abide event.
Movements of Secretary Chase.— Secretary
Chare went to Boston to-ptght. ;
Departure of the Steamer Arabia.
Boston, April 29.—The royal 5 mail steamer
Arabia sailed to-day with.sl3,ooo in specie.
To- inoi row will be generally observed. Bu3ines3
will be suspended.. *-•
The Noon-day Prayer Meeting wiir be a Bpeoial
oce for 10-day, couimencirg at ISJ-i o’clock.. It is
held in the Commonwealth'-. Building, Gil Oheatimt
street^'lt is hoped that the attendance' will be uu
utually laifje upon this occasion. * ;
Public Entertainments.
Walnut-street Theatre.— There are many
who will not deny that Miss Charlotte Thompson i»
a “ most sweet lady,” both on and off the stage;
She has, indeed, the advantage of being young and
good-looking, and, though by do means perfect’ in
form or feature, or “faultily faultlem” in acting,
she manages to be a very general favorite, and to
usually please the public. The new partin which she
has appeared this week lias been 84 Little Barefoot,*’
which without much hesitation might be pronounced
a stupid, thing from beginning to end; Yet, with
MiBB Thompson Bkimming through the part of
Little Barefoot , with pink silk feet, the piece nightly
draws good audiences To aketch the plot is more
than is necessary. The mere readlngof the names
of the acts, as designated on the bills, proba
bly give nearly as clear an idea of the play as the
perueal of it would. The attempts at wit are
wretched. The “ gags” are too bare-faceil and
stupid to deserve the applause they got, and the
puns are not. worth laughing at. The swol
len face of Amric gives rather an unroman
tic turn to one of the principal scenes, and
would, indeed, give rather a silly aide to any
picture, and her very pink feet and nether limbs ill
contrast with her contralto complexion. Taking
the play altogether, however, it is a mixture of good
with bad. The acting leads one to the same conclu
sion. Yet, on a fine night, the theatre iB not only fair,
but full. Miss Thompson is known to be an actress of
public worth, and a lady of private merit. She has
deserved well at the hands of the public* for she has
worked hard to please them, and it is to be regretted
she does not chooße characters. which-would give
greater scope to her power than that of " Little
Barefoot.” Shecan do better than thiß, and ought to
try to. To be pretty and to- be young are not alone
elements of permanent success. Whether this grace
ful artiste possesses them, remains to be seen.
Gottschalk’s Concert.— Mr. U. M. Gottachalk
the piano-forte “virtuoso,” announces his second
and last concert for this evening. The virtuosoehip
of Mr. Gottschalk seems to have lately been as-,
sumed, and is unmistakably due to-the modesty
which induces him, or Mb agent, to announce
the forthcoming concert as being not only Becond
and last, but “ grand.” .MiBB Louisa Yivier, Mrs.
Henriette Behrens, and the Bretto Brothers will
assist this very talented and successful performer.
Mr. Charles Schmitz will also contribute. The pro
gramme is brilliant and varied. The concert will
be very largely attended.
The Swiss Bell Ringers.—These unique and
really remarkable performers have been drawing
good houses. Their exesutions awake the interest
O r all, and evoke the enthusiasm of everybody
whose ears are alive to melody,- The skill necessary
to such perfection has secured, in continuously large
audiences,'a legitim ate result.
We learn that a complimentary benefit has been
tendered to Mr. Charleß S. Porter, the veteran actor,
who has been connected with the American stage
for the last forty years, and that it will take place
at the Walnut-street Theatre on the 6th of next
May. Mr. Porter, as a true gentleman and ac
complished artist, is justly entitled to a testimonial
of this character, and we hope that it will be com
pletely successful. *
Woolen Mill on Fire—Accident.--
Just before eleven o'clock last night, the woolen
mill of Meadowcroft & Go., on Carroll street, beiew
Cumberland, was discovered to be on fire. The
picker-room was destroyed.. The main building was
saved. George Druid, a young man, was run over
by the United States Hose Carriage, while proceeding
to the fire. He was badly injured. We learn the
above from a despatch by the Police Telegraph, from,
the station in the Nineteenth ward.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
- - PHrLADELPHrA. April 29,1363.
• Gold was very Quiet and .steady to-day.. The un
pleasant weather secured the pavements from the in
cessant tread of opeiators, and consequently business
was dull. The good news from New Orleans counter
balanced the late rebel raid into Northwest Yirg'nia,
and war matters, therefore, pro and con, had no. effect.
Government securities are firm. 1 Money continues very
easy at 4@5 on call, 5@G on good security. The banks
and bankers close their offices to-monrow.
The subscriptions to the five-twenties at the Govern
ment agency footed'up to-daj' two million dollars at 4P,
M. The demand comes from all quarters of the Union,
except the Cotton States. The subjects of ATr. I avis
can’t get it; hence the apparent indifference to it in his
dominions.
Stocks, were active and prices - steady. Government
seven-thirties advanced New one year certificates
Sold at 99State fives were steady at 101>£. New City
sixes rose the old were firm. Reading sixes, 1870 .
rosel; 1886 were firm at Pennsylvania Railroa-d
mortgages advanced X Allegheny Valley Railroad
sevens sold at par. North Pennsylvania sixes were
stead? at 91; the tens at 11L Elmira sevens at 111. Union
Canal sixes sold at 28, a decline of 1? Schuylkill Navi
gation sixes, 18S2, sold at 84#, an advance of %. Sus
quehanna Canal sixes were steady at 69. :
Reading shares improved %. Norristown was steady
at 5836. Philadelphia and Erie fell off H. Catawissa
sold;at 7>£; the pre; erred rose %. Camden and Ambvy
sold at 169. Pennsylvania at 66><. Cam^ u Atlantic
preferred &t lo; 37 was bid for Elmira; 53 for the prefer
red.; 25 for Long Island; 12 for North Pennsylvania; 46
Little feohuylkill. Race and Vine sold at 11; bids for
the Passenger railways generally were same as yester
day.
Susquehanna Canal.was in demand at 1(5; Delaware
Division at Lehigh Navigation serip rose I, galling
at 49; Schuylkill Navigation preferred was steady at
22)4. Wyoming sold at 20; Union at 2%— the preferred
Mountain Coal advanced )£. New, Creek sold
largely at 1; Penn Mining at \%. Bank of Kentucky
sold at,94. The market closed steady, ssl,ooo in bonds
and 10, GOO shares changing hands.
Drexel Co. quote: ;
United States Bonds, ISS2 2C3 @106%'
United States Certificates of Indebtedness... .101# @10214
United States 7 3-10 Notes... 10o#@i06>£
Quartermasters' Vouchers; #@l££d
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness %@ %d
Gold 49fc@50fcp.'
New Certificates of Indebtedness 99)4@992g
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities, &c., as
follows:
United States Sixes, ISSI 106K©107
United States 7 8-10 Notes .1053fc@106>4
Certificates of Indebtedness......... ..; .1013£@102Ji
Certificates of Indebtedness, new- 99%® g&%
Quartermasters' Vouchers 9Sk@ QOK
Demand Notes. r.. ..us*
Gold 1 14S^@ioO
Jay Cooke & Co.; general subscriptien agents, report
sales of five-twenties yesterday at $2,151,700. distributed
as follows: New York,sBS?,oQQ; Boston and New England,
$500,000; Philadelphia and interior of Pennsylvania,
S4CS>9OO; Baltimore and Washington, $100,000; Michi
gan, Illinois, and Indiana, SSO,OOO. Total, $2,151,700,
La> ge orders are anticipated for May Ist, a 3 on that
day the interest on these bonds is paid, and investments
can be made without any calculation of interest.
The editor of Ptterson's Counterfeit Detector sends us
the following description of anew and dangerous coun
terfeit “Three” dollar note, on the Charter bak Bank,
Hartford; C< nn.:
3s. counterfeit—vig, upper left corner a large oak tree,
3 below; two 3s and three on right.-
This is well done, and is being shoved all over the
city.
The following shows the businessof the Lehigh Canal
for the week ending April 25,1563:
_ _ r . For the Week. Total-
From Hauch Chitxk, -•- -V Tons. Cwts. Tons. Cwt.
Summit Mines ......... 9.515 17 21,639 05
Room Run Mines....... 7 i,246 Q7-' 3,048 12
E. Lehigh Mine 5................... >333 15 649 01
East Match Chunk. •
Spring Mountain 6117- 6117
Coleraine Mines ...v 649 19 1,229 05
German Penna. Mines...., 874 02 2,152-11
If. Spring Mountain Mines 939 13 1,946 09
D. Mumma’s and others’ P. and D. 143 09 221 02
Hazleton Mines. 1,69711 4,023 10
Council Ridge 234 07 359 17
Jeddo Mines 234 02 1,062 15
Fulton Mines... 699 04 .1,587 19
Tbtal..... 16.927 03
The following is the statement of coal transported
over the Hazleton Kailroad for the week ending Aoril
25,1863 : . ‘ ,
Week. Previous. Total.
„ , , : Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
Hazleton Mines -1,683 10 . 45.259 03 52,92117
Cranberry 2,34216 - . 21,390 11 23,742 01
Diamond.. ;1,437 16 13,590 05 16.02 S 04
Bast Sonar L0af....... 4,417 12 33.51 S 03 36,935 15
ConncilEidge 2,713 18 -30,698 18'. 53.272 16
Monnt Pleasant.:.:..,: 49102 5,188 06 .5,679 08
Ebervale 1.729 07 17,777 01 19,506 OS
Harleigh'..
Milnesville.
Jeddo.*
1,812 09 16,673 03 18.455 12
. *••• 10,30119 10,31019
'1,581 04 37,009 03 38,593 07
„ Total 20,161 13 ’ 234,814 14 254,476 07
Corresponding period
last year, 12.531 IS. 127,499 03 140,031 01
7,629 15 ' 106,815 11 114,445 06
The following is a report of the amount of coal trans
ported over the Delaware,:Lackawanna, and Western
Railroad for the week ending Saturday, April 25, 1563,
compared with same time in 1562; ’ M
Week* Tear.
Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwfc.
Shipped North • 6,864 01 •- 87,755 05
5kipped50uth............... 19,451 04 .r 232,455 05
T0ta1................... 26,i15 06 320,21010'
For the.corresponding time last year:
-Week. Tear.
.■ ~ Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
Shipped. North. --,5.929 00 " 76.581 10
ShippedSouih....... 15,42 S 18 224.567 17
Total... 24,358 07 301,149 07
Increase....... 19,06103
The follcwing are the receipts of the Delaware Di-
Tlsion Caoal Conjpany—
For week ending April 25, 1563; ....$3,413 27
Previous in 1563 6,566 38 '
__ • ' ’ $10,279 65
Week, ending April 26,1562. ..$2,402 43
Previously in 1862 54G7 76
57,870 19
The following shows the amount of coal transported
oyer the Lehigh Valley Railroad, for the week ending
April-25.--1863, land previous since December, 1, 1862,
compared'with the same time last year:
.Week;' '■ Previously. Total.
mines. * Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
Hazleton 6,468 18 - 96,531 01 102,999 19
East Sugar-Loaf. 3,836 12 45,505 IS 49,342 10
Council Ridge -2,814 15 36,554 03 , IS
Blount Pleasant, 264.1 S '• 6,8j0 10 7,100 08
Sprin g Mountain 2,674 02 35.513 04 41,217 06
Coleraine 1,330 08 16,762 04 15,092 12
Beaver Meadow -119 10 - v 1,925 11 2,015 01
N. Tork and Lehigli.... 17,032 11 17,032 11
N. Spring Mountain.... 1,221 13 32,375 03 51,596 16
Jeddo l.o5:V02 ; 40.696 08 42 04) 10-
Har1eigh................ 1610 11 . 19.155 06. 20 795 17
GeraianPenna.......... 1,054 IS V 2'MB7 05 23 642 03
Ebervale.. 593 C 9 .17,355 17 - 18,219 06
Milnesville ...... 12,936 03 ' 12,936 03
Other Shippers.
T0ta1.....i........25;e93 C 6 - -4*7,142 '"mSW U
Corresponding week last r
-15,650 10 . 263,345 11 253,996 01
5.042 16 ; 158.796 17 166.539 13.
The J ew Yoik to-day says:
- T&e following table exhibits the chief movements of
the market, as comparedvwith the latest prices of yes
terca y evening: .
__ A ; • Tu. Wed. Adv Da».
D.S fls.lKi.re*.. 105 K -v 10SS<. • X •
US.6B.ISSI, con... .....106% . 106% )i
p. s 7:moi>. c. T. s. .iw 107 ...
8.1 yearOertif (jold.-IOIK 101% . ■■ *
IT. S.lvr. Cert, enrru’cy 9921 9011 ..
American g01d......-....149% 149% .
TonDesses-68............ 54% 59 . X .
Missouri 6s. 62* 62%
Pacific Mai1,............189% 189 X.
JT. Y. Central; 116% 1 6% ... y
Kri'e.... 93i% $3% X
■Erie preferied...* ••• •••■lOl% IOIJS*
Hudson River... .11 5% 114%'; 1
Harlem. .75 TIX 2%
Harlem preferred 92#. 92 M
Midi. Central 104 104-
Mich. Southern 66 65% %,
Mich. So. guar .tfd 1(W
Iliuou- CentralKcrip.... 9-1 5)4% , ..
J-Mttsbui'c .82 81% %
Galena.. 95% 95% . X
Cleveland and Toledo . 105% 106 • ..
Chie*uro&Kock Island.. 94%; 94% ..
Tort Wayne.... -68%- 67 . 1%
Quicksilver Co-......... 47% v 46% 1%
Transit Co*. .32 31.- 1';
Gold has been extremely quiet this morning at 149)f@
15.0%, and foreign exohunge is still below the relative
price of gold. AfVw transactions have taken place this
morning at 1G4%@1P3. , : v.
Ike following rabies show the amount of the foreign
-Ci romeice of NevrYork since July 1. 1B62;
1809-61. •. ISffHJ-4 lS6°-63.
Iniportsmdse..'*..slo6,737,o2o 3*101,872,f>73 $150,570,726
Exports produce... l2B V 56,218 155,09^4:50
Xxroit.' specie 22,985,157, 13,876.504 43,445. ?->0
‘i ho.imports for the -week ending April 25 and since
January Ist, 1&63, were:
1861. - ISS2. 1863.
Dry G00d5..... $391,061 *257.503 $1,349,421
Gi-ueral Merchandise 1,710,926; .--'-2,815.061 3,272.539
Totalfor week-.'..997: $3,342,564 •
Jan. 1 to;Ai>ril-18....g5,165:?49 -; 53 229.5:12 67,983,&J9'-
Total to date-
*.560,267,886 $58.672,098 , $B3, Q&821
The exports of produce and merchandise, exclusive
ot specie, for fche week ending April 27, and since Janu
ary!, were:
1861. 1865. 1897.
....$2,136,234 $1,410,166 $2 793.303
• 40,399,747 39,187,060’'" 69,411,495
For tbeweek...,
Jan.l to April 20<
Total to date -.842 526,031 540.t97.23ff 06*,209,894
The exports of specie from Hew York to foreign ports,
for the week ending April 25and since January I, were'
a» follows:
Total for the week...
Previously reported.
Total since January! - ...&16 agStfvn
Same time '62....512,909,78218a2ae time T 60.... $7,174 &ts
Same time ’61..,. 2,6oo,oooiSame time ’59..,, H,2oiD6y
Phila. Stock Excha
' CBoported by S. E. Slaymaks
FIRST ]
10Del Diy........ 44#
100 City 6s new-lU
9uo do- .new-ill#
e.ooschiwaves'sa &4
4725.87 do., ; . 84#
7; CO do ....84#
63Penna R. lots- 66#
2000 U S 1-yr cert 99#
1 Cam&Amb R.c5h.16.9
2CO Cataw K 7#
-50 Schl Nav prf.-22#
95 do prf. 22#
150 do prf. 22#
-250 phila & Erie R..... 23#
100 do. b3O. 24
50 Lehigh Scrip 48#
60 do 48#
145 do 4S#
800 New Creek 1#
1500 do’, ....lots. 1
2000 U S 7-30 Treas notes
• „ End.A&O.lo4#
30001 J S 7-30 Tr. as note*
blank-A&O.106
• „ „ BETWEEN
ICOCOPufq Cnl 6s-..b30. 59
2CO Beading R- • -830.47 3-16
1000 Reading 64 ’70.—105
600 do ’B6 104#
SECOND
500 Pehn Mining 1#
500 New Creek.... l
6Lehigh Scrip-.;.... 48#
12 do 48#
2£o do 49 .
9 Minehill R .. 61*
2900 Schl Nay.6s B4#
Ud Bij? Mountain 4
lOOSusq Cnl 10
50 do blOflat. 10 '
15TO City 65.....,. .new • lU#
SOQO Alieff Val. 7e 100 I
AFTER I
2000 TJ S 7-30 Treas notes blan
CLOSING PjRH
Bid. Ashed.
U8fe’81.........106# 106#
U 87.30 N0te5...1063* 106#
American Gold. .149# 150#
Phila6sold .107 .r
Do new 111# iti&
Alio co 6a B C 5 75
Psnna 6s 10134 101#
Reading!*. 47# 4734
Do bds ’BO . .110 111
Do los#
Do bds’Sfliconv 104# 105
off 66 66)4
Do Istißfcj.-Vig# 116 -
Do 2dm fe. 108# 103# I
Little Scbnvlß.. 46 46#
Morris C'l cotsol 70# 72
Do prfd 10s .12634 140
Do ob 7 76.... .. 109
Do 2dmtg.. ..
Snsq Cana1...... 10 10#
Do 65....... 57 60
SchnylNay..... 8 8K
Do prfd 22# 22?£
VDo §3*82.... 84# 84#
Blmira E 37 38
Do prfd..... _63 65
Do 7s 73..*'U1
Do 108
L Islandß.exdv 26 31
Do bds..
Phila.Gar &Nor. ..
Lehigh Talß...
Do = bda
Philadelphia Markets-
Aphti, 29—Evening.
There is very little demand for Flour for export or
borne nee. Sales comprise about 400 bbls good extra at
$7, K 0 bbls Northwestern extra family at the sa me price,
3CO bbls common Ohio do. at $7.25, andl.OOOhbls Jenny
Lind do. on terms kept private. The retailers anA
baker* are buying in a small way at $5 87@6.25 for super
fine,- $6 st@? for extra, $7@7.75 for extra family, and
sB@9 50 bbl for fancj' lots. Bye Flour is scarce, with,
tmall sales at $5 bbl. Corn Meal is also scarce. Bran
dywine is held at $4.37, and Pennsylvania at $4 25 »
bbl.
GRAlir.— I The arrivals and sale? of Wheat are light;
small sales of red are mr king at 165@170e bash far fair
to prime, and white at from 150@-190c bush, as to
quality. Eye is wanted at 106 c bush for Pennsylvania.
Corn is dull and prices have declined; sales of 12 000
bush are reported at POc 3 bush for prime yellow, afloat
Oats—There is less doing and prices arc lower, with
sales ot 3,000 bush heavy Pennsylvania, mostly at Sic,
weight.
■lst No 1 Quercitron is selling in small lots at
g)3o-ffiton.
COTTON.—The market is rather firmer, with, sales of
middlings in a small way at 67c 15. cash.
GROCERIES —There is a firm* r feeling in Sugars, and
pnces have advanced >£e !b; sales of 800 hhds Cuba at
103si'@llc <§i 15, o 0 hhds New Orleans Sugar by auction at
Dhc, and 200 hbls New Orleans Molasses at jT7(3H7c
gallon.
PROVISIONS. —The market continues very dull; smatl
sales of Meap Pork are making at $15.50 bbl. Lard is
dull at 10&@Uc Itj-.for bbls and tierces.
5-BEDS. —Uloverseed is verv dnll; we quote at $5 25®
5.50¥l bn; Timothy at „$L76@2 hu, and Flaxseed at
$3 50 $ hu. .
WBJSKY.—There is more activity in the market, with
sales ofl.ooo bbls at 45c and drudge at 44c gahon.
The following are the receipts of flour and grain at thl*
port to-day
Flour..
Wheat
Corn
Oats.
. Ashes are steady a* §8.25 for pots, and S9@9.l2J£foc
pearls. ' "
fcarkei for State and Western
Flour is mill, ana a shade firmer.
Th e sales are 6,000 bbls at s6@6 20. for superfine State;
$6.7C@6.85 for extra do; s6@6 20 for superfine Michigan.
Indiana, lowa, Ohio, &c.; §6.80@7 10 for extra do, in
cluding- slapping brands of ronud-lioop Ohio at §7.10®
7.20 anH trade brands do; $7 25®3.
We quote:
Superfine State. $6 00® 8 25
Extra State 6 70® 6 85
Common to good Western.... 6 00@ 6 20
Extra lovT^-Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, &c... 6 80® 710
Extia round hoop Ohio (shipping).... 7 10® 7 20
isxtra rouQd-hoop Ohio (trade) 7 25® 8 00
~fera Gene5ee................ 7 00® 10 0(1
7 00@10 00
£V\r%M T S~l*~ 1 ' aavtty l ?' 3;n £ ‘Skopins; sales 500
for extra d? f snper^neßaltimor e, and $7.40©
a?©cnSift o? I s duZI and lower,-with sa’es of 350
bbls at $6 8Q@6.95 for common, ands7@S.lo for good to
. cnoice extra. *.
=npMflne° nr iS Qniet at S 4 ® ls - 25 *r Die rang, of fine and
i s . s i. adr ' -We-TOrt* Jersey at 5t15@1.20,
Biand} wme.84.64, puncheons $22.50. ‘
fo^fnterrld i Weitar®® 1 ‘ a 9f ° I ' Sprlllg ’ a “' isil - e3 ® l - r0
‘ Rifo is dull at $l. Q4@l 05;
Barley is quiet at $1 • 45@1. 60.
Oat are felling at S4@S6c for Jersey, and S6@SSc for Ca
nada, Western, and State.
Com is lesg uctive, and in favor of the buyer. The
sales are ,2a,fjoo bushels at S9@9lc for sound Western'
rmxed, and 84@SSc for nnsonnd do.
_Hay.—The demand is fair, and prices are unchanged;
we quote shipping at SC@B6c. and retaU lots at 90@94.
f . -tiop.v-The market is generally dull; the demand be
mak&gat l^>^ e ancs of c °™mera. Small sales are
Chicago Breadstulfs Market, April 3T.
Flour.—Received, 3,854bb15: shipped, 700bbls. - Mar
ket more active. Sales: 200bbls “Lockport Hydraulic”
Ex ? for delivery next week, at $5.60; 100 bbls
. s Best, ’/and 100 obis “Ceres co’s,” on p. t ; 30<J
fine? ats4 &pnnS Extra at .; 100bbls SpringSnper-
Corx Meal. —l2 ions Coarse in bulk on track at $l9.
Be ax.—lo tons Bran in bulk at $15.50 on track.
Wheat.— Received, 27,690 bus; shipped, 26,750 bus.
2P (^5 wlv 4 a **V ll ? ,deW * lier -' Sales were as
nAm^ s: h m 1 & Pnng (in M. & S.’s) at $1.19;
T»000 hus do at $1 2,000 bus do at $1.18; 700 bin do
cPisF'oj hm?i 400 bus do(in M. A. St Co.’s) at
a^AJS 0 !? 118 *O. *2 Spring (m North Side houses) at
SI.W; 3.000 has do (in ff. VV.’s)at $1. 03*; 1.000 bus do
at $1.01; 0,000 bus do at $1.02; 800 bus do(inS. B &
Co. s) at ffle: 2,6oobus.Rejected Spring (in North Side
houses) at 83c; 400 bus do (in S. B. & Co. *s) at 79c. By
Sampfo, 300 bus choice milling Spring in bags at SL2O;
400 bus Condemned Spring on track at S23*e
gpux.-I!et!dTed.7l.4ffiT)ii3; shipped, 237,875 bos. Mar-
A.ct active and bus higher. Sales. 5,000 bus
%T er I 22 x^’, ilfJoac - at 50c ? 5 » 000 bus red mixed, afloat, at
«WMcs 20, 000 bus. mixed Corn, at 50c, f. o. b.; 65.000 bus
do, in store ac4Sc; 5,000 bus do, at'47%c; 45,000 bus do,
(snori receipts, in south-side houses, and fresh receipts
in north-side houses,) at 47£c; 4,000 bus rejected Corn,
m srore, at ■
Oats.—Received, 3*2 33Sbus; shippei. 22,000 bus. Mar
ket dull and lc lower; sales 630 bus No. 1, in store,at
60kc; 2,000 bus do at 60c: 3,000 bus do at 50^c; 12,000 bus
do (receipts expiring to-day), at 59-2; 800 bus rejected, in
store at 56c; .2,500 bus do, at 55 Sc. By Sample—lLfi bags
■rejected, at 65c, including burlaps; 100 bus at 60c, on
track.
Sufebb Specimens of Photography.—
Messrs. Broadbent & Go.*B extensive Photographic
Galleries, Nos. 902,914, and 916 Chestnut street, have
been visited by hundreds of citizens and strangers
lately to examine their magnificent new pictures in
the various styles of the art, which may be said to
be confined exclusively to themselves. The sizes of
these pictures vary from the carte devisite to life-size j
and for artißtic merit, beauty of finish, and life-like
naturalness of expression, they are unsurpassed ia
the world. -
..-'Shaker--Apple Butter.—The proprie
tor* of the popular old Grocery establishment of the
late C. H. Mattson, Arch and Tenth streets, have
just received a fresh supply of Shaker Apple Butter,
a delicious article, made from the finest materials,
and universally prized by all who Have tried it.
Lace Curtails, Lace Curtains.
Lace Curtains, Lace Curtains.
LaceCuitainß, Lace Curtains.
Lace Curtains, Lace Curtains.
Lace Curtains, Lace Curtains.
Nottingham Lace Curtains....
Nottingham Lace Curtains.
Nottingham Lace.Gurtaiiig.
Nottingham Lace Curtains. .
Gilt dornices, Gilt Cornices, Gilt Cornices.
G ilt Cornices, Gilt Cornices, Gilt Cornices.
Gilt Cornicefl,_Gilt Cornices, Gilt Coraiceß.
Gilt Cornices, Gilt Cornices,~GUt Cornices.
Tassels; Loops, Hooks, &c.
Tassels, Loops, Hooka, &o.
Tassels, Loops, Bands, Pins, Hooks, &c.
Tassels, Loops, Banda; Pins,.Hooks, &c.
Helty A Co., No. 630 Chestnut street.
Kelty & Co.yNo. 630 Chestnut'street.
Kelty & Co,, No. 630 Chestnut-street.
Kelty & Co., No. 630 Chestnut, street.
A Man of Refinement would rather
leave a room when dining with a gentleman or lady
who has red Hair than to sit at a table on which car*
rots were placed. The same instinctive* suscepti
bility would induce him,'were he a believer in "la
‘carriere ctait ouvertc aux talens,” to procure fciia sum
mer clotMng from, the magnificent and fashionable
establishment of Granville Stokes, No. 609= Chest*
nut street.
Public Speakers, Military Men, and
Singeks, and all suffering from Irritation, of Ote
Ihr oat and Hoarseness, will be agreeably surprised at
Ihe almost immediate relief afforded by the use of
“ Bvown’sßronchial Troches. !) Their demulcent in
gredients allay pulmonary irritation; and after pub
lic speaking or singing, when the throat wearied
and weakened by too much exercise, their use will
give renewed strength to the .yocal organa.
Indians Reading Secesii a Lecture.—
A party of Indian chiefs, who were- travelling to
Washington recently, paid . Ad visit to & number of
secesh prisoners, who were in Federal hands. An
old chief, who was the principal orator of the party,
observing that the prisoners were shockingly at
tired, remarked: “If..you.had stayed with your
white Father, you would not appear in such misera
ble ragged I advise you to go back to him,
get some good garments, and stay with him.” The
aged Indian had'evidently heard of the fame of the
Brown Stone Clothing Hail of Rockhill & WilsonJ
Nob. 603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth, PhilfJ
delphia, and he could therefore- appreciate what
Seccsh had missed by trying to get out of the Union
mSm'B*v: Mass w
Flogging in the Rebel Army.—Fron
the Southern newspapers we gather the informatio
that “flogging” has become very prevalent in th
rebel army. What part'of the army is not Btated
probably that part near New Orleans, where Generf
Banks has been operating, or in other places oi
West; certainly not in the East has there been tnuc
“flogging,” in or out of the rebel army. The ba
tie of Antietanr afforded an opportunity for sob
“flogging,” but the young Napoleon was, p«
haps, waiting for reinforcements, and there w
nothing like that done. So the rebel officers in Vi
ginia, finding their soldiers can't be whipped 1
theirrfnemy, have concluded to do it themselvs
Some ot our generals should take lessons in “ wh:
jping”and “basting” atCharles Stokes & 00.*3, t
eminent Tailors under the Coati&e&taL
inge Sales, April 39,
er, Philadelphia Exchange.!
board.
31 Union Cnl.. 2
ICO do 2%
18 Susq. Cnl 10
100 do b 5. 10%
450 Beading R 47J£
200 do : ,47 3-15
100 do ;b5. 47#
IS do 47#
12Norrisrowa R 50*4
10 Bank of Keat’y.... 93%”
SOWyomingCnl 20
60 Schl Nar 8%
2000 Penna R....2d rnt-IGS#
50 Cam All prf. 16
100 Union Cnl prt 4#
5000 Susq Cnl 65....b30. 59
5000 do 53%
2000 Reading 6s *7O. 105
300 Big Mountain 3%
350 Susq Cnl Scrip..... 57
1000 E Brandywine7s.. 76.
1000 Penna 5s Sdys.lO^tf
3SB*i»kofKen’y..bs. 94
r BOARDS.
260 Race-st R..... H
200 Schl Nav prf- 22#
2500 New Creek 1
BOARD.
14 Race-st R 11
33 Cam & Atl prf. 16
500 Penna 55...... 10L}£
50 Del'Div 4l>t
MOO Union C’l 6s sep on 28
3000 do »..6cpou2B
150 Reading R b 5. 47#
6 do 47#
15 Phila & Erie R.... 2<X
1000 E Brand’w 7s.sswn 76
540 Susa-Cnl Scrip..... 5T
[CBS-STEADY.
Penna S,
Do 65..
Do 10s.Ill 112
Catawissaß.Con 1% 7%
Do prfd..... 23% 23%
Beaver Head R.. ..
'Minehillß....... 61 62
Harrisburgß.... ..
Wilmington R _-
Lehigh Nav 65.. ..
Do shares.. 59 60
Do scrip.... 48X 49
Cazn&Amb R.. ..163 170
Phila & Erie6s.. ..
Sun & Erie 7s
Delaware Div
Do bd5...... ..
Spmce-street R.. 15# 15 %
Arch-streetß.... 26 27#
Bace-streefcß ... 10# 11
Tenth-street 8.. 40 43
Thirteenth-et R. 32# 34
W Phila E 65 67
Do bonds
Green-street R.. 41# 42 %
Do bonds... .. ..
Chestnut- st R... 63% 57#
Second-streetß.. .. 62
Do bonds
Fifth-street B. .. .. 61
Do bonds
Girard College'S 27% 28
Seventeenth-Btß 11% 11X
New York Markets, April 29.
CITY IT EM9.
. $6-29.855
16,55.",235
Bid Asked.
■ 12 12%
-.91 31%
. 1,950 bbls.
. 6,630 bus.
•IS, 750 bus,
•11.000 bus.